Brake-adjusting tool



Oct- 27, 1925; 1,558,854

N. FALCONER BRAKE ADJUSTING TOOL Filed Dec. 22, 1924 INVENTOR. /V/ L 514[GA/El? A TTORNEYS.

Patented Oct. 27, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NEIL FALCONER, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

BRAKE-ADJUSTING TOOL.

Application filed December 22, 1924. Serial No. 757,570. i

lie it known that l. N l-ill, lt alaioimau.

s, and a resident of I zen ot' the l'nited State a citi- San Francisco,in the county of San Francisco and tate of California, have. invented anew and useful Brake-Adjusting Tool. of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates particul justing the bra The objects vide a toolwhich will engage to garage tools and arly to a special tool for use inadkes of automobiles. of the invention are to prothe brake toot pedaland some tixed part of the vehicle, say

the seat, and

force the-pedal down to a predetermined degree depending on the settingof the tool, also such a device which will be Figure 1 shows theposition between the foot pedal and the scat device in operative orother fixed portion of an automobile as explained.

Figure 2 shows the de ing toggle joint broken portions shown in sci-titheir construction.

vice with the releasaud with eertaih on to b tter reveal Figure 2; is anend view ol' the pedal cugaging lug.

in further detail the a tubular body member a threaded rod J with a nut3 thereon bearing against the end when the tool is in use,

section t pivoted at 5 it bular section.

invention comprises 1 shdably receivot' the tubular body and a pipe orbar one end ot the tu- The bar section 4 is loosely fitting within thebody section at in use in opposing end its pivoted end so that wisepressure the bar and body portions will be deflected out of a straightline as indicated in Furl-ire l, llkc a toggle pushed beyond the bar islocked in the the exteluling wall (3 o wvhile opposite the is cut awayat 7 so broken by pushing .it to collapse it to the pos extended side (3that the joint maybe a straight line, and

deflected position by t the tubular body.

the wall back Over the center ltion shown in Figure 2.

tion is a 't'crrule S in or other material is of placing against a fixedpart 13 of the ve- :h1ele and getting a frictional grip there- At theextreme end of the rod set which a pad 5) of rubber secured for thepurpose against as indicated in Figure 1.

At the remote. end of the threaded rod 2 a pivoted hook like of cars 11formed t is plate having a pair hereon embracing opposite sides of theend of the bar and secured thereto by a pivot pin 12.

This plate is especially formed and adapted to engage the edge of thefoot pedai 14 as shown in Figure l, and the pivot provides for tlieplate assuming any angle in forcing the pedal back.

1 To prevent rotation of the thriaded rod upon turning the 11 through aslot 16 cu ut 3 a screw extends t through the side of the tubular body.and which permits of its longitudinal ad ustment without turning.

In 'use the tool is required length. the

tool then straightened between atixed porroughly adjusted to the jointbroken and the tion of the vehicle and the pedal, thus forcing thelatter down as required, and by turning-the nut any further adjustmentof the pedal in either direction may be secured.

After performing il the clutch or brake.

been released by th moved by simply l preserving the ctition ot the workl claim:

1e necessary work on or whichever pedal has e device, the tool is re-)reaking the jointthus setting of the tool for a repon a similarautomobile.

1. A tool ol' the character described com prising'a tubular body.tending therefrom at" one end nut bearingagainst the end oi the and abar extending other end ot the bo 2. A tool of the prising tendingtherefrom a nut bearing agaii and a bar extending otherend 0f the hot athreaded bar ex and having a body, from and pivoted to the lv.

-baractcl described coma tubular body. a threaded bar exat one end andhaving 1st: the end of the body, from and pivoted to the ly. means toprevent relative turning ot the threaded bar and body and nn-ans l'orlimit pivoted olnt.

ing the movement of the NEIL FALCONER.

